Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Eastern Asia
Eastern Asia: Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested was 1.56 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Eastern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Eastern Asia recorded 1.56 million ha for sugar crops primary — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.3% on the previous year and down 21.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — area harvested in Eastern Asia peaked at 2.12 million ha in 1998 and was at its lowest, 413,500 ha, in 1962.
Eastern Asia ranks 11th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Eastern Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 568,400 ha | — |
| 1962 | 413,500 ha | -27.3% |
| 1963 | 440,882 ha | +6.6% |
| 1964 | 618,183 ha | +40.2% |
| 1965 | 740,028 ha | +19.7% |
| 1966 | 752,824 ha | +1.7% |
| 1967 | 721,652 ha | -4.1% |
| 1968 | 686,948 ha | -4.8% |
| 1969 | 711,281 ha | +3.5% |
| 1970 | 770,362 ha | +8.3% |
| 1971 | 827,003 ha | +7.4% |
| 1972 | 929,015 ha | +12.3% |
| 1973 | 983,926 ha | +5.9% |
| 1974 | 941,000 ha | -4.4% |
| 1975 | 1.01 million ha | +7.1% |
| 1976 | 1.08 million ha | +7.6% |
| 1977 | 1.06 million ha | -1.9% |
| 1978 | 1.08 million ha | +1.7% |
| 1979 | 1.04 million ha | -3.7% |
| 1980 | 1.13 million ha | +8.7% |
| 1981 | 1.20 million ha | +6.2% |
| 1982 | 1.32 million ha | +10.1% |
| 1983 | 1.40 million ha | +5.8% |
| 1984 | 1.43 million ha | +1.9% |
| 1985 | 1.72 million ha | +20.6% |
| 1986 | 1.64 million ha | -4.4% |
| 1987 | 1.53 million ha | -7.0% |
| 1988 | 1.85 million ha | +20.9% |
| 1989 | 1.70 million ha | -7.8% |
| 1990 | 1.85 million ha | +8.7% |
| 1991 | 2.11 million ha | +14.0% |
| 1992 | 2.07 million ha | -2.1% |
| 1993 | 1.85 million ha | -10.7% |
| 1994 | 1.91 million ha | +3.5% |
| 1995 | 1.97 million ha | +3.2% |
| 1996 | 1.99 million ha | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 2.06 million ha | +3.5% |
| 1998 | 2.12 million ha | +2.9% |
| 1999 | 1.78 million ha | -16.3% |
| 2000 | 1.64 million ha | -7.5% |
| 2001 | 1.78 million ha | +8.0% |
| 2002 | 1.94 million ha | +9.0% |
| 2003 | 1.77 million ha | -8.4% |
| 2004 | 1.67 million ha | -5.5% |
| 2005 | 1.66 million ha | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 1.67 million ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 1.90 million ha | +14.0% |
| 2008 | 2.09 million ha | +9.9% |
| 2009 | 1.98 million ha | -5.1% |
| 2010 | 2.00 million ha | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 2.04 million ha | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 2.12 million ha | +4.0% |
| 2013 | 2.09 million ha | -1.6% |
| 2014 | 1.99 million ha | -4.8% |
| 2015 | 1.66 million ha | -16.3% |
| 2016 | 1.65 million ha | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 1.64 million ha | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 1.71 million ha | +4.6% |
| 2019 | 1.70 million ha | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 1.65 million ha | -2.5% |
| 2021 | 1.55 million ha | -6.5% |
| 2022 | 1.54 million ha | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 1.49 million ha | -2.9% |
| 2024 | 1.56 million ha | +4.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 628,189 ha | 413,500 ha | 752,824 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 973,036 ha | 770,362 ha | 1.08 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.49 million ha | 1.13 million ha | 1.85 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.97 million ha | 1.78 million ha | 2.12 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.81 million ha | 1.64 million ha | 2.09 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.86 million ha | 1.64 million ha | 2.12 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.56 million ha | 1.49 million ha | 1.65 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Asia
- 8 Russian Federation 985,329 ha compare
- 9 Democratic Republic of the Congo 71,637 ha compare
- 9 Mexico 784,416 ha compare
- 10 Indonesia 595,128 ha compare
- 10 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 54,723 ha compare
- 11 Germany 437,200 ha compare
- 11 United Republic of Tanzania 48,196 ha compare
- 12 Argentina 432,814 ha compare
- 12 Melanesia 47,271 ha compare
- 13 France 411,630 ha compare
- 13 Lao People's Democratic Republic 33,300 ha compare
- 14 Philippines 404,914 ha compare
- 14 Republic of Moldova 14,107 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar crops primary — area harvested in Eastern Asia?
- Sugar crops primary — area harvested in Eastern Asia was 1.56 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 2.12 million ha in 1998.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 413,500 ha in 1962.
- How does Eastern Asia rank for sugar crops primary — area harvested?
- Eastern Asia ranks 11th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern Asia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.